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Invite codes, help or hinderance?
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 08:07 amSince I went and bought a Dreamwidth acc, am thinking maybe I should cancel my regular hosting. It'll save some money, after all. I'll keep the domain name around, though.
Anyway, the Dreamwidth owners seem to be thinking of not using invite codes, in order to encourage growth. IMHO, the spammers are the strongest reason against doing it, and that there are some other steps towards growth which could be taken w/o abolishing invite codes.
However, as discussed in the news entry, it's not clear that using invite codes would solve the problem anyhow, as the main problem is that DW has an undersupply of popular communities and active users who others want to friend. DW lacks unique content to attract new users, it seems.
I have no idea how this can really be remedied. Communities can't cross post like regular journals, and with the smaller userbase, it's harder to create healthy ones.
Anyway, the Dreamwidth owners seem to be thinking of not using invite codes, in order to encourage growth. IMHO, the spammers are the strongest reason against doing it, and that there are some other steps towards growth which could be taken w/o abolishing invite codes.
However, as discussed in the news entry, it's not clear that using invite codes would solve the problem anyhow, as the main problem is that DW has an undersupply of popular communities and active users who others want to friend. DW lacks unique content to attract new users, it seems.
I have no idea how this can really be remedied. Communities can't cross post like regular journals, and with the smaller userbase, it's harder to create healthy ones.
